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Deaths on the 6th of December in history

Deaths
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06 Dec 0343 Saint Nicholas, Greek bishop and saint (b. 270)
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06 Dec 0672 Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, Arab rebel leader (b. 710)
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06 Dec 0735 Prince Toneri of Japan (b. 676)
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06 Dec 1185 Afonso I of Portugal (b. 1109)
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06 Dec 1352 Clement VI [Pierre Roger]: Pope (1342-52)
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06 Dec 1352 Pope Clement VI (b. 1291)
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06 Dec 1531 John Volkertsz Trimaker: Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded
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06 Dec 1550 Pieter Coecke van Aelst: Flemish painter, dies at 48
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06 Dec 1562 Jan van Scorel Dutch painter (b. 1495)
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06 Dec 1598 Elbertus Leoninus: Dutch lawyer / politician, dies at about 78
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06 Dec 1618 Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)
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06 Dec 1640 Matthijs Elsevier: Flemish / Dutch book publisher / merchant, dies at 75
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06 Dec 1651 Anna Roemers Visscher: Dutch poetess, dies at 68
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06 Dec 1658 Gracian: Writer
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06 Dec 1658 Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (b. 1601)
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06 Dec 1675 John Lightfoot, English priest, academic, and scholar (b. 1602)
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06 Dec 1716 Benedictus Buns, Dutch priest and composer (b. 1642)
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06 Dec 1718 Nicholas Rowe, English poet and playwright (b. 1674)
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06 Dec 1746 Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1665)
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06 Dec 1771 Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist and pathologist (b. 1682)
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06 Dec 1779 Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)
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06 Dec 1788 Jonathan Shipley, English bishop (b. 1714)
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06 Dec 1793 Marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry: Mistress of Louis XV, beheaded
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06 Dec 1799 Joseph Black: Scottish medical / chemist / physicist, dies at 71
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06 Dec 1834 Jonas Daniel Meyer: Dutch lawyer, dies at 54
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06 Dec 1855 William John Swainson, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1789)
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06 Dec 1865 Sebastian de Iradier: Spanish Composer (Arreglito), dies at 56
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06 Dec 1867 Giovanni Pacini: Composer, dies at 71
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06 Dec 1867 Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic (b. 1794)
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06 Dec 1868 August Schleicher, German linguist and academic (b. 1821)
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06 Dec 1878 Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter (b. 1814)
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06 Dec 1879 Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor (b. 1814)
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06 Dec 1882 A Trollope: Writer
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06 Dec 1882 Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician, founded Credit Suisse (b. 1819)
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06 Dec 1882 Anthony Trollope, English author (b. 1815)
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06 Dec 1889 Joseph H "Jozef" Neuhuys: Painter, dies at 48
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06 Dec 1889 Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
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06 Dec 1892 E Werner von Siemens: German industrialist (Siemens AG), dies at 75
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06 Dec 1892 Werner von Siemens, German businessman, founded the Siemens Company (b. 1816)
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06 Dec 1903 Frederick Grant Gleason: Composer, dies at 54
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06 Dec 1914 Eduard Jacobs: Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47
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06 Dec 1920 Karel Kovarovic: Composer, dies at 57
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06 Dec 1920 Rosalia Lombardo, Italian pneumonia victim (b. 1918)
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06 Dec 1921 Jesse Carleton, American golfer (b. 1862)
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06 Dec 1924 Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (b. 1863)
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06 Dec 1933 Auguste Chapuis: Composer, dies at 75
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06 Dec 1934 Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1863)
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06 Dec 1943 Firmin Baes: Flemish painter, dies at 69
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06 Dec 1943 Hermann Lohr: Composer, dies at 72
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06 Dec 1946 Maximilian Oseyevich Shteynberg: Composer, dies at 63
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06 Dec 1949 Leadbelly [Huddie William Ledbetter]: Blues singer, dies at 64
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06 Dec 1949 Lead Belly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1888)
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06 Dec 1951 J Edward Bromberg: Dies at 47
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06 Dec 1951 Harold Ross, American journalist and publisher, founded The New Yorker (b. 1892)
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06 Dec 1953 Konstanty I Galczynski: Polish Poet (Zielona Ges), dies at 48
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06 Dec 1955 Honus Wagner, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
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06 Dec 1956 B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice (b. 1891)
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06 Dec 1956 John Geiger, American rower (b. 1873)
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06 Dec 1958 Erwin Bodky: Composer, dies at 62
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06 Dec 1959 Len Doyle: Actor (Harrington-Mr District Attorney), dies at 66
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06 Dec 1961 Frantz Fanon, Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)
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06 Dec 1963 Jozef Goossenaerts: Flem philologist (Language Boundary), dies at 81
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06 Dec 1964 Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (b. 1895)
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06 Dec 1964 Consuelo Vanderbilt, American wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough (b. 1877)
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06 Dec 1965 Alberto Vaccari: Italian Jesuit / Old Testament scholar, dies at 90
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06 Dec 1966 Hermann Heiss: Composer, dies at 68
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06 Dec 1970 Thomas S Power: USAF-General (Raid on Tokyo-March 1945), dies at 65
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06 Dec 1971 Hugo Godron: Composer, dies at 71
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06 Dec 1971 Jan Altink: Dutch Painter / co-founder (Plough), dies at 86
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06 Dec 1972 Janet Munro, English actress and singer (b. 1934)
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06 Dec 1973 Justus Hermann Wetzel: Composer, dies at 94
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06 Dec 1973 Robert A Watson-Watt: England, physicist (radar), dies at 81
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06 Dec 1976 João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (b. 1918)
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06 Dec 1982 K. Kailasapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and academic (b. 1933)
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06 Dec 1982 Jean-Marie Seroney, Kenyan politician (b. 1927)
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06 Dec 1983 Lucienne Boyer, French singer and actress (b. 1903)
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06 Dec 1983 Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani poet, historian, and politician (b. 1914)
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06 Dec 1984 Ruth Cummings: Actress (Daybreak, Dream of Love), dies at 90
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06 Dec 1985 Burr Tillstrom, American puppeteer (b. 1917)
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06 Dec 1985 Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1893)
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06 Dec 1986 Malik Oussekine: Algerian / French student, killed by police at 22
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06 Dec 1987 James Dobson: Actor (Impulse, Jet Attack, Okinawa)
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06 Dec 1988 Bill Harris: US guitarist (Clovers-Love Potion No 9), dies at 63
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06 Dec 1988 Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Traveling Wilburys) (b. 1936)
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06 Dec 1989 Frances Beauvier: Actress (Aunt Bee, Mayberry), dies at 86
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06 Dec 1989 John Paine: Actor (Miracle on 34th St), dies at 77
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06 Dec 1989 Frances Bavier, American actress (b. 1902)
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06 Dec 1989 Sammy Fain, American pianist and composer (b. 1902)
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06 Dec 1989 John Payne, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1912)
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06 Dec 1990 Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)
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06 Dec 1990 Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1903)
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06 Dec 1991 Ann Sorg Coston: Actress (Anna-Aldrich Family), dies at 62
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06 Dec 1991 Headman Tshabalala: South African singer (Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
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06 Dec 1991 Mimi Smith, English nurse (b. 1906)
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06 Dec 1991 Richard Stone, English economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
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06 Dec 1992 Hank Worden: Actor (Red River), dies of natural causes at 91
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06 Dec 1992 Percy Herbert: Actor (Captain Apache), dies of heart attack at 72
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06 Dec 1993 Prof Wolfgang Paul: German physicist (Nobel 1989), dies at 80
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06 Dec 1993 Rita Macedo: Actress (Divinas Palabras), dies of heart attack at 65
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06 Dec 1993 Rouaz Lakhdar: Algerian Supreme Court Justice, murdered
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06 Dec 1993 Don Ameche, American actor and singer (b. 1908)
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06 Dec 1994 AJ Bronkhorst: Vicar / Theologist (Reform The Netherlands), dies at 80
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06 Dec 1994 Gian Maria Volonte: Actresss (Fistful of Dollars), dies at 61
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06 Dec 1994 Heinz Baas, German footballer and manager (b. 1922)
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06 Dec 1995 [Schaff] Claire Polin: Composer, dies at 69
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06 Dec 1995 Dmitri Antonovitch Volkogonov: Soldier / historian, dies at 67
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06 Dec 1995 James "Scotty" Barrett Reston: Journalist, dies at 86
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06 Dec 1995 John Trevor Key: Photographer, dies at 48
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06 Dec 1995 Kathleen Harrison: Actress (Fast Lady, Big Money), dies at 103
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06 Dec 1995 Leslie Wilkinson: Journalist, dies at 97
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06 Dec 1996 [Alvin] Pete Rozelle: Commissioner (NFL), dies at 70
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06 Dec 1996 Bryan Clieve Roberts: Lawyer / civil servant, dies at 83
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06 Dec 1996 Pete Rozelle, American businessman (b. 1926)
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06 Dec 1997 Alan Mouncer: Film director / producer, dies at 68
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06 Dec 1997 Edmund Charles Wolf Myers: Soldier / engineer, dies at 91
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06 Dec 1997 Eliot Daniel: Composer (I Love Lucy theme), dies at 89
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06 Dec 1997 Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer (b. 1918)
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06 Dec 1998 César Baldaccini, French sculptor (b. 1921)
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06 Dec 2000 Werner Klemperer, German-American actor (b. 1920)
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06 Dec 2000 Aziz Mian, Pakistani singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1942)
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06 Dec 2001 Peter Blake, New Zealand sailor and environmentalist (b. 1948)
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06 Dec 2001 Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (b. 1923)
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06 Dec 2002 Philip Berrigan, American priest and activist (b. 1923)
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06 Dec 2003 Hans Hotter, German opera singer (b. 1909)
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06 Dec 2003 Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan general and politician, President of Guatemala (b. 1918)
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06 Dec 2003 Jerry Tuite, American wrestler (b. 1966)
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06 Dec 2004 Raymond Goethals, Belgian footballer and manager (b. 1921)
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06 Dec 2005 Charly Gaul, Luxembourger cyclist (b. 1932)
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06 Dec 2005 Devan Nair, Malaysian-Singaporean politician, 3rd President of Singapore (b. 1923)
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06 Dec 2005 Danny Williams, South African singer (b. 1942)
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06 Dec 2005 William P. Yarborough, American general (b. 1912)
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06 Dec 2006 John Feeney, New Zealand director and producer (b. 1922)
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06 Dec 2006 Betty Moschona, Greek actress and singer (b. 1927)
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06 Dec 2007 Katy French, Swiss-Irish model (b. 1983)
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06 Dec 2010 Mark Dailey, American-Canadian journalist and actor (b. 1953)
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06 Dec 2011 Dobie Gray, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
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06 Dec 2012 Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó, Equatoguinean engineer and politician, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (b. 1961)
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06 Dec 2012 Jan Carew, Guyanese author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
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06 Dec 2012 Ed Cassidy, American drummer (Spirit and Rising Sons) (b. 1923)
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06 Dec 2012 Keitani Graham, Micronesian wrestler (b. 1980)
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06 Dec 2012 Jeffrey Koo Sr., Taiwanese banker and businessman (b. 1933)
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06 Dec 2012 Huw Lloyd-Langton, English guitarist (Hawkwind and Widowmaker) (b. 1951)
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06 Dec 2012 Pedro Vaz, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay (b. 1963)
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06 Dec 2013 Tom Krause, Finnish actor and singer (b. 1934)
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06 Dec 2013 Stan Tracey, English pianist and composer (b. 1926)
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06 Dec 2013 M. K. Turk, American basketball player and coach (b. 1942)
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06 Dec 2013 Louis Waldon, American actor (b. 1934)
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06 Dec 2013 Kate Williamson, American actress (b. 1931)
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06 Dec 2014 Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey (b. 1922)
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06 Dec 2014 Jimmy Del Ray, American wrestler and manager (b. 1962)
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06 Dec 2014 Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah, Saudi Arabian militant (b. 1975)
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06 Dec 2014 Fred Hawkins, American golfer (b. 1923)
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06 Dec 2014 Luke Somers, English-American photographer and journalist (b. 1981)
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06 Dec 2014 Stella Young, Australian comedian and journalist (b. 1982)
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